Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 242 This damn desire to win

The next morning——

Backlund was enjoying a rare day of good weather today. Unobstructed by clouds, the golden sunlight freely shone upon every corner of Backlund. However, due to the season, the sunlight was not intense, making it quite comfortable for people to bask in the sun.

Klein didn't have any commissions to do today, and he was concerned about Azik's memory fusion, so he stayed at home.

"I understand the logic, but why can't you even beat little Amon at Go?"

Wearing Jack's vest, Rowling glanced at the chessboard in front of Klein, raised his eyebrows, and said.

Yes, Klein was playing Gobang with Little Amon, and judging by the situation on the chessboard, Little Amon was about to win all five in a row.

Klein, holding a chess piece, coughed lightly. He glanced at the chessboard but didn't deny anything. Instead, he looked at little Amon and said openly:

"Little Amon is really smart. I just taught him Gobang yesterday, and today he's already surpassed me."

Hearing Klein's praise, little Amon seemed to perk up a lot. He was so proud that he almost puffed up his pride. He coughed in a reserved manner and said, "No, it's not that great."

"No wonder you have such a good relationship. Children really do need to be praised." Rowling smiled upon seeing this, rubbed little Amon's head, and poured each of them a glass of sweet iced tea. He also brought over a fruit plate, and continued to watch Klein and little Amon play Gobang while drinking tea.

“Ding-deng-deng—”

The sound of footsteps came from upstairs, and the undisguised style unsurprisingly belonged to a certain Red Angel.

Finally finishing his recent work and having some free time, Medici walked down from the second floor with a cigarette between his right fingertips.

He looked at the three children gathered together, and gently rubbed the cigarette with his left hand. With a small flame, the cigarette was lit. Medici took a casual puff and then froze for a moment.

Because the taste of this cigarette is not right, it doesn't taste like tobacco, but more like... mint?
Medici narrowed his eyes, realized something, and looked at Rowling, who had put down his teacup and was peeling an orange.

"Don't look at me. I have replaced all your cigarettes with mints. You have children at home and you still smoke. Do you have any sense of responsibility? What if you lead the children astray?" Rowling glanced at Medici and said righteously.

"Tsk!" Medici curled his lips, but didn't put out the cigarette in his hand. He let the mint cigarette burn and walked a few steps closer to the group. At a glance, he understood what Klein and Little Amon were doing. He sneered and said, "You guys gathered together to play Go early in the morning?"

"That's better than you smoking so early in the morning." Luo Lin glanced at him and retorted unhappily. He then picked at the fruit bowl for a while, tossed a big, round apple to him, and said, "Eat your apple!"

Medici caught the apple, finally put out the mint cigarette in his hand, and threw it into the ashtray on the coffee table. Then he found a place to sit next to Rowling while chewing the apple with a "crunch crunch" sound, his eyes fell on the chessboard, and he commented from time to time while watching, with a sarcastic tone.

Then Rowling discovered that Klein, who had just been suppressed by little Amon, suddenly began to gain the upper hand, changing the one-sided situation.

Obviously, if this wasn't Klein's potential being stimulated, it was because he wasn't serious when playing chess with little Amon just now, and was just teasing the child. Now that he couldn't stand Medici's ridicule, he began to show his true strength.

Little Amon naturally noticed this, but he did not feel aggrieved or angry. Instead, his expression became more serious, and the angles of his chess moves became more and more tricky.

It's clearly just a game of Gobang, but now it looks intense and a bit like Go.

"That damned desire to win..." Rowling shook his head, took a sip of his sweet iced tea, and was elbowed by Medici. "What for?" Rowling looked at him in confusion.

"Where's my teacup?" Medici looked at him and asked.

"How could I know..." Luo Lin looked at him in confusion.

"Yesterday I cleaned all the tea sets and put them in the kitchen. However, I went to the kitchen just now and couldn't find my cup. Besides you, has anyone else touched these today?"

Medici said this, took another bite of the apple, looked at Luo Lin with a sharp gaze and said: "Leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist."

"Uh..." Luo Lin blinked, finally remembering something. He smiled a little guiltily and said, "Is it possible that your cup is in the trash can?"

"What's going on?" Medici asked, looking at him sideways.

"I was a little hungry last night, so I went to the kitchen to find something to eat. I accidentally...it broke." Luo Lin said this and spread his hands, becoming confident again, and said:
"I didn't do it on purpose, and it's obviously because the quality of this cup is too poor. I just accidentally knocked it... How about you buy a sturdier one next time?"

This last sentence is even very sincere advice.

Medici: 6
"Why are you all gathered there?"

While Rowling was arguing with Medici about whether there was a problem with the quality of the cup or Rowling's behavior, footsteps were heard again.

Will hopped down the stairs briskly, approaching the others with a curious look on his face. He then naturally found a corner seat across from Rome and sat down. He reached out and grabbed an orange from the fruit bowl. His eyes fell on the chessboard in front of Klein. After studying it for a long moment, he said, "Is this... a game invented by Russell?"

"Well, why not..." Rowling smiled, and then briefly explained the rules of Gobang to Wilcox.

"It sounds simple... Hmm, so sour." Will was about to make a few comments when he suddenly frowned. It turned out that the orange slice he had just eaten was extremely sour.

"You prefer sweet food, I think it's okay." As soon as Rowling finished speaking, Will stuffed another piece of fruit into Rowling's mouth at lightning speed.

The latter was stunned for a moment, then frowned and couldn't help but pick up the sweet iced tea and take a sip.

"It's sour!" Will said with a victorious smile.

As a mercury snake, Will has always done things according to his age, so he doesn't feel that he is childish.

"Haha..." Medici next to him laughed rudely at this time, with full of sarcasm.

Rowling immediately looked at him unkindly. However, just when everyone thought he would use sour oranges to teach Medici a lesson, Rowling suddenly picked up an orange slice and stuffed it into Klein's mouth.

"Hiss, why me?" Klein's face wrinkled with envy. He asked in confusion, like a cat watching a show that suddenly got beaten.

(End of this chapter)